Once a year, on Halloween, I honor my Germanic ancestors with an Asatru Blot. Also at this time, I will do a Rune reading - sometimes, I'll do an entire spread and sometimes I'll just draw one Rune. This year, I drew Algiz, the rune signifying Protection... The rune stayed in my mind, and so it was I came to notice; Algiz is imprinted on 2 of my 3 dogs' noses! These dogs are my protectors and they are "stamped" with the rune of protection. :)